The Sun. — London, England, 1818-03-16 00:00:00

PRINCE LiOPOLD. . . .WRYNOUTH, MARCH 13. --On Monday last, his . 4 - / ' Royal Highness Prince LaoYoLD, accompanied Sirbyu u l-2 , ARDINER, Bart. and Dr. STOCKMAR, arrived at the King's Lodge from tame: As soon as the approach of the Royal Party was. announced, the British Standards were hoisted oppoSite the and on the Town Battery, frotil which salute of 21 gnus was fired. HIS Royal. Highness rode to the Town on a ck, and was received by the spectators on the 11)14nade with the most becoming testimonies of silent respect, which he most condescendingly letnrned. The Royal Banner was also wafted at RvEY's Public Library and Reading Rooms, the whole of which, having undergone considera kel • i mprovements, were, on that *day, also re °Pened. .Such hate been the liberal arratigements fur general accommodation, that they cannot fail of- being patronized by a discerning Public.• are happy in having it in our power to con tradict the mariv erroneous accounts that have l 'l'Dear e d i n t h e M orn i ng Herald and other London •tNei tspapers, as to the declining health of this A l l .tiabl e and illustrious Personage. We can with 4fidence assert, that his Royal Highness has 'b* Perienced the most salut ar y bene fi t from his re 111e • l emee at Came. The change of scene, coin ' 1 4 eq wi!h its field sports an d &lily exercise, have f t flueed every good effect. His Royal Highness $ Particidarly partial to that rural situation, and , expressed himself in term s o f t h e hi g h est gra eaion at his visit to thi s m uc h- a d m i re d seat o f D ' the next day Prince Lz oeoLD , accompan i e d b y fi etor STOCKMAR; walked on Ssnalmouth Sands, e- Much-preferred morning's' resort of our ever -114: be-lamented Princess CHARLOTTE. His Royal I ghness afterwards cro's'sed the Portland Fet ry, ~,,t ld proceeded to the Pebble Beach, the late spot Woeful dis as t er . The t b Prince occupi e d some t i me i n survey i ng 8 4- eXtrao r di nar y pro d uct i on o f uature., that re -8 the most furi ous t em p es t s . I t blowing a te of w i n d, , the summit and'magnitude of thi s : i lht h a rri er exc i te d t h e most serious attention of v 3 ROVal High n e ss . O n qu i tt i ng t hi s awfu l and re-crossing the ferry, he returned in his triage, which was in waiting, and arrived at liinu's Lodge at 5 o'cl oc k . • This day - the tlreyhotind, Admiralty cutt er , C a p ta i n NUGENT-, • 4r tived from a cruize, and fired a Royal Salute. ; The P r i nce h as s i nce renewed his daily recrea- % smatmoutl i S an d s an d P ort l an d B each, b e i ng .he most reti re d s i tuat i on, as well as convenient 1 4 enjoying the sea breezes. The tr u ly const i tut i onal speech delivered a few i'aYs since in the House of Commons by MASTER -1 N Utt g , Esq. one o f our wort hy Members, on . 1. • WYNN'S El ect i on L a W Amendineot Bill (in e lvh ieh he s o a bly an d warmly supported' the free 4, • it "ee franchise), has been rea d he re w i t h great r st, and highly, t o t h e sat i s f act i on o f Iris vittients, the treeholders of this Borough. Amon g our Arrivals are— -I,,Laily Cali-, Mr. an d M rs. Kneller, Colonel Walsh, Mis. , c, dish, Col onel and Mrs. Strode, Captain . and Mrs. Still, tr. and Mrs. Baring, Mr. Sherrion, Mrs. Hammond, Mr. !),1 Mrs. T. Grove, Major and the Misses Bayards, Mr. Bee, aPtain and Mrs. AVardel, Colonel Bingham. Sir Walter and , k ,;( l y Yea, Captain C Shirley, the Misses Hodges, Captain ti `lrths s, MMrss.Bennett, r . Thompson, Mrs. Spencer,, Miss, Stewart, Lieut. &c: &c. Th e title of Royal Highness, our Correspondent assures was given to Prince LEOPoLn by order of the PRINCE RD Iltl % on the lamented death of the Princess CHARLOTTE. lee will adjo u r n un Th urs d ay next f or , 4 e '',ester holidays. • Som e alteration has been made as to the pre pti3e days on which th e Royal MarriAges in con itlblAation will take place. According to the 'St arrangements, that of the Princess ELIZA ' Fiat of will b e so l emn i zed on the Bth . of April ; and m ia t of the Duke of . Cameeinoe on the 14th of sam e month. His Royal Highness will reside t u "t months this country with his illus. ti oes Bride, previous to their r e t urn to ll anover. I .° l l S atur d ay at two o ' c l oc k a C a bi net Council ' 4 l held at the Foreign Office. LOIA BURGIII.RSH transacted business at the "Iltniralry previons.to his !caving England. t T he Pripce of HE SSE 1 - 10MBERG yesterday 11C- Ptlipaoied the Duke of CLARENCE to Bushy-park. ijtsterdiv the Russian Ambassador and the Ne'lltolitan Minister called at Carlton-house, to Y their respects to the REGENT. b log Palm Sunday, the Archbishop \, CANTERBURY preached before the Duke of k i 2 t l c, and a numerousanerons assemblage of Nobility •• , Gentry at the Chapel Roy a l, St. J ames ' s ace. t!Nterday Count MUNSTER, the Loan CHAN , t ,. Liog' the Earl of Live tt e ooe , t h e M arqu i s o f - ‘ , r x„ eeSEA, &H'l BATHURST, and ViSCount CAS t.EAGH, had audieuces of the PRINCE REGENT. Tlie fri en ds o f M r . P ONSONBY are canvass i ng A : r hint i n t h e C ounty o f C or k , and he has the ipport o f L or d S HANNON. Th e Hon. C. H. '-'l'ciiixsort has left ,Pitris for Cork on the same rttrnose. lbete is no troth in a paragraph which was in led in a Morning Paper of last week, stating 4t a piece of plate had been given to the Prin ti"l of the East India College, at H ert f or d, b y • 'e Stu dents. It is di ffi cult to co nce i ve t h e pur . jen e of such wanton falsehoods, but they certain een seldom, if ever, be traced to any good mo .4l'es. This College, however, has often been INtled by anonymous malevolence, and, as Ma lievrr dies, may expect a repetition of the able despicable hostility. The report of Mr. INceepoN's death, on the litithcnity of an American 3ounnal, proves to be It hlotonled. His family have received letters 40,„ hi m , dated New York, February i3th, at T een time he was in perfect bealt'n. lie had "ten performieg there for some nights with great l itecess, and was to take his benefit on that waning. TILE STAGE. SHAKSPEARE'S RICHARD THE THIRD. The attention of our critical writers having lately been given to the " Richard the. Third" of SHAKSPEARE, ill contradistinction to that strange and heterogeneons piece with which CIBB ER has. displaced the great dramatist,- and pOssesced him self of the Stage, we think :its consideration a fair object for our own diurnal criticism. And we do this the more readily, having heard the rumour, that the restoration of . SH AK ?PEAR E'S Richard is now contemplated at one of the winter Theatres. SUARSPEARE'S Play cannot be acted, we ad mit, as. SktAxseamte left it..—lts length, beyond three.thonsand lines nearly double the quantity of an actable play, would he a snfficient objec tion : hot art objection which - throws on CIBBER. the greater blame, since with so ample a store of incident, and character, and poetry, at his hand, requiring only a judicious selection, he has pre served in his alteration little more than six hun dred lines of his great original ; and of these, a very large portion is - excerp►ed from . SHAKS PEARE'S others Dramas. It is not perhaps gene rally adverted to, - that while listening, as we think, to the poetry Of SHAKSPEARE,' Mr. KEAN'S impressive acting presents to us twelve hundred lines of ClBBlitt'S interpolation, instead of the noble original. With the exception of a very few points, which are deServedly popular, CIBBBR presents: to us from. his own stores•nnthing either elevated or attractive. To..make Gloster prominent in the piece, he has placed him alone ; instead of exalt ing his character, he has annihilated all the others, This injudicious arrangement has injured Gloster himself ; as it has deprived him of all shadowing,- relief, and assistance. He jumps upon us with a sndden burchery, for which we are wholly unpre pared :—through the whole piece his - crueltio,are exhibited, rather than his character; of which little is developed beyond its fierceness. If ever there was a period wherein the restor,a . ion of SHAKSPEARE'S Richard vas desirable, , - is now ; when the Stage possesses an Actor so eminently capable or delineating Gloster. CIBBER, we suspect, has superseded StrAxseemta, not only on the boards, but in the closet ; and our au diences, therefore, would go to see the Richard of SHAKSPEARE almost as a •new play. Certainly it. would present to them, after every requisite akiap , tation, more than a thousand lines of our great Bard, to which the walls of the Theatre are and have been utter strangers. Every body is familiar with CIBBER'S Drama ; we will therefore limit ourselves to a brief ana lysis of SHAKSPEARE'S, as it might be performed. SMAKSPEARE has described 'Gloster, not only as vindictive, ambitious„and heroic, but as cold, subtle,• and joculur.—Let us not be misunderstood. The jocularity of Gloster is infinitely more gloomy and., more terrific ; it throws upon his cruelty a darker .and more dreadful shade, than any fierce. ness could give. We are prepared too for the wide'icene of bloodshed by a gradual disclos ore „.... Instead of sticking poor Henry like a sheep upon the stage, he begins with plots and pretences, and a smooth count enance :—he deludes Clarence and Anne, .and Edward, and the Queen, and Hast ings, and Buckingham ; he plays off each against the other; he affects reconciliation, he picks quar rels, he hints, he insinuates, he foments ,jealou-. sies, until, having completely alienated all,. he makes each his defenceless victim.—Of all these, we see at present only Anne, and Buckingham, and very. little of the Queen. They assist him alSo in the scene ; they play tip to him. Margaret too, the vindicAtive and miser able widow of Henry, follows him and crosses hiin with her reproaches; she prophecies destruc tion on his accomplices and tools ; she is disre garded ; her denunciations, most fearfully poetic, are set at nought; and we see them, in the gra dual procedure of the Tragedy, all We may indeed call it a new Richard, - when we shall see (as Mr. KEAN is so popular, and ca pable of sliewing to us),- his interview with Clarence and artful irritation of that unsuspecting Pt ince, his affected reconciliation with the Queen and her 'kindred, and his equally affected bursts of pride ; his purposed quarrels with them, his insinuations aboutT/arence's death, his iampering with Hastings, his accusations in the Council Chamber—that fine scene, in itself worth an holo caust of model n Dramas ! These are not all the incidents, and touches of character which may be - restored, even without displacing any thing more than CIaBER'S ovit in tet polatioos. But it may be necessary to remove also his dislocations of SHAKsPEARE ; since nothing can be more absurd than his putting into the lips of the patient Henry the ravings of the turbulent Nerthumberiand ; or his dressing out the cool and cautious Richnzond in the chivalric ardour of the Conqueror of Agincourt.; Our wish is to see as 11111C11 Of SHAKSPRARE'S Richard as can be represented. Woe to the am bitions writer who would give its his own lines when SHAKSPEARRS can be restored !—We shall hail it as a signal benefit to the Drama, and not . less advantageous to the Theatre that brings it forth, when SHAKSPEAUE'S Richard the Third is restored to his usurped honours. 'the restorer and the manager who shr.ll thereby connect their names with SHAKSPEARE'S, will not only more thoroughly gratify the public, but more eminently distinguish themselves than if they had written and produced an hundred modern plays. A very extraordinary attempt to commit suicide is mentioned in the French Papers. A merchant at Marseilles went to the mountains of Montredon, about a league from the city, where he discharged a pistol in his mouth ; the ball went through one side of his head, but did not kill him. He reload ed his pistol, and fired again, by which the other side of his head was wounded, but life still re mained. He descended the mountain, and falling at the bottom, he remained - two days on the ground exposed to all the inclemency of the •wen thee. He was at length discovered, still living; by a peasant; who obtained assistance, and the unfortunate man was conveyed back, to the city, but actually walking part of the way on foot. It is stated that there were hopes of his lite. THETHEATRES. - , KING'S THBATRIL--The Opera of fl Barbiere di Sirigiia, which was represented "for the first time on Tuesday, but ,whiCh we had riot room to notiee before,. was repeated on Saturday list with increased success.. The hinsic is the composirion bf RossANt,; and is scientific, appropriate, and pleasing throughout. The accompaniments: in general are full, grand, and im p ressive, :hut—do: no nth' overpow er the melody, a fault too corn-, mori.----GAeciA, a Spaniard, made his - entre on Tuesday in this Opera, and wade a very - ta'l'Out-', able impression, which was rendered,mom.:so his performance on Saturday. Ile is an .accom plished Singer, yet rather too much inclined to . , embellishment. lie is also a spirited actor, - alid his person and manner are altogether:pleasing.— The whole vocal strength of the Company isconi blued in this Opera.,, which promises a very pros perous career. COVRNT-GARDEN —The second representation of the new drama, entitled Rob Roy, at thi3 Thea tre, on Saturday last, confirmed its success, and renders it probable that it will he as attractive as its predecessor, Guy Monneling, derived from the sante series of popular novels. The house was full. The PRINCE REGENT, the Dukes of YORK and SUSSEX, and the Duke'and Duchess of GLOU CESTER, were present. GOD SAVE THE KING was demanded and performed by the Band, .but the Audience demanded the Song also, Which, a t ter an • apology for delay, was given in full c h orus at t h e end of the Ofiera. ; UNIVERSITY . INTELLIGENCE. CAMBRIDGE, Misacti 13.—The following is a list ot.the inceptors to the degree of Master of Arts on Friday last :---. George Waddington, Fellow of Trinity College. James Clarke Franks, of Trinity College. Thomas Purvis, of Trinity C o ll ege . John Smith, Fellow of St: John's College. Thomas Watson, Fellow of St. John's College. Charles Scott Lnxmore, of St. John's Collage. Robert Wynne, of St. J o h n ' s C o ll ege. - Aldersey Dicker!, FelloW of St. Pet e r's . C ol leg e. • Edward Tornson Ili:hi - ell, Fellow of Clare Hall. • Robert Rididale, Fellow of Clare Hall. Frederick Calvert; Fellow of Jesus College. John Holmes, Fellow of Corpus Christi College: Randall Praetor Rurroughes, Fellow of Kumranuek George A rchdall, Fellow of EmmanUelCollege. Henry George Keene; Fellow of ,Sidney College. Henry Wynch, of Sidney College. Mr. Richard Holmes, of Corpus Christi College, was on Fridaylast admitted Bachelor of Arts. Mr. Horace NVaddington, of Trinity College, was on Friday last declared the successful candi date for the Pitt Seliolarship,•which would have been adjudged on the preceding Wednesday, had it not appeared, at a meeting-of the examiners, that Mr. Hall, of King's, and Mr. Waddington, were so nearly equal, that it was deemed requisite . a second examination should take place. • • Mr. John Heyrick Macaulay, of Trinity Col lege, and Mr. Augustus Match Beevor, of Corpus Christi College, were on .Saturday last elected ,Scholars on Dr. Bell's Foundation. Mr. Alexander Charles Louis d ; Arblay, B.A of Christ College, . was on Frid►►y last' elected a Foundation Fellow of that society. - Mr.,Joseptt Hindle, B.A. of,St. John's College, was on Monday last elected a Fo► n idation FelloW of that Society ; and Mr. Edward Bushby, B.A. was on the same day elected a Hatt Fellow. Mr. Warren, B.A. and Skinner, B.A. of Jesus College, were on Monday last elected Fel lows of that Society.. At an' ordination' holden on the 15th ult. by the Lord Bishop of Lincoln, at Biickden Palace, John Hopkinson, B.A. of Clare Hall, and Daniel of ' St. John's College, were ordained Deacons. It appears by the University Calendar for the present year. that the number of members whose names are on 'lie boards amounts to 3444, being 169 more than the preceding year. In 1748 the number was orly 1500. PREFERMENT.'—The Rev. Charles Andrews has heen instituted to the Rectory of Flemptot► coin Hengrave, in Sinfolit, on his own petition. The HORRID MURDERS at GREENWICH. If has been erroneously stated in several Pa• pers. that three men servants have been anpre hendedsand committed to Maidstone Gaol, eharg ed with,the murder of Mr. BIRD and his House 'keeper.---The following facts are from authority " We have the satisfaction of stating,. that the Magistrates of Greenwich have a direct clue to the discovery .of the murderer of Mr. Bird and his housekeeper. The property stolen, and clothes stained with blood, have been found in different boxes of a man who is well known, but not yet Apprehended. The man's name is Charles Hussey, lately discharged from the service of Mr. Steven son, of Greenwich, and was formerly, for a short time, an out-pensioner at Greenwich Hospital. ‘‘" Charles Hussey is about 27 years of age, five feet eight inches high, of a fair complexion, grey eyes, brown hair, atid has an impediment i n his IAI speech ; wore alack cost and waistcoat, min gled pantaloons, and a hatband round his hat.— The best hopes ate entertained that the activity of the Police, and the publicity of his description, will shortly lead to his apprehension," IS - LR oF WIGHT, MARCH 14.—0 n Saturday af ternoon last, a water-spout burst at Stenhury,near \Vhitewell (about a niiie from the place where the one lately mentioned burst), which did considera ble injury to the farm-there. • It was preceded by a - violently agitated atmosphere, the noise of which, for half an hour, resembled a roar, the most dismal and appalling. When the cloud poured forth its contents, it seemed to the inhabitants of Stenbury farm as though the floodgates of the sea bad broken, and their destruction was inevitable : the water rolled down the bill im such irresistible torrents, that it beat down a lofty wall; flooded all the lower apartments of the farm, and set the cattle loose among the streams—the affrighted inhabi tants seeking shelter, with their children, in the upper rooms. The loss sustained by this phe nomenon is considerable ; whilst the terror and painful feelings it excited are indescribable. The. injury done to Sir Richard Worsley's library by the water-spout, which partly burst upon it, is much more extensive than was at the time de scribed. INSTITUTION OF SACRED MUSIC. Au extraordinary circumstance happened on the eve of the public- performance on Fri.tay last, which prevented it. from proceeding as in the printed hills. This was a s combination among a number of th e most advanced pupils not to slug without pay, tot toed with the utmost secrecy, and intended not to be disclosed ill the very hour of the . performanCe commencing, in the hope -tbat the Directors would be compelled then to agree to their terms: .. "With this view, thuy attended rehearsal the evening before, took !their ticket's for the following night., and acted all.the - other parts of their plot with infinite call. !ion as well as duplicity. FOrtunately; however, it was discovered in the course 'of Friday, but as the Directors scarcely give it, credence; they did no more than be in readiness for either alternative of the pupils coning or not coming, and they had a notice ready to he diStribtited at eight o'clock, 16.t1e audience; if the report proved true. It turned out (ike correct ; the notice was accordingly circulated throligh the Assembly Room, and the pet formance went on remarh ably well, without the assistance of the de. setters. Mr. flesmeesON ,gave a flute con certo; Mr. SWIFT and Mr. 'tees - sung a Lttie more than they had been - previously engaged to do; Master DouoLas gave.the song " Holy, Holy ;" - anti'Mr. MATHER played a concerto on the organ, beiides the choral music and posits) tunei. Thelatter were excellently pert , ttned by the re spectable pupils who had continued stedfast to their duty. The conduct of the .- piiPils who absente'd themselves will be considered as more reprehen sible, When it is known, that similar proposal having been made on a former occasion, a fell ex planation was made to them of the unreasonableness of their demands, and they testified their full saris faction with it. The public performances are meant as Mere exhibit ions of .1 heir progress, the examinations, as it we-re, of the School, though they are also made subservient,' by their attrac tions, to the purpose of creating a fund to the In st itiltion, all of which fund so raised, after paying the necessary expences, is applied exclusively to wards their gratuitous edocarion in sacred music, ah edtication Which, besides its other advantages, is profitable to them, by enabling them to go into bandS' in the churches . , and to all: . public profes sional perftirtnances,.where they are paid. Under these circumstances, the''Directors have expelled the pupils engaged in ' the combination now mentioned; and have notified their tfames to the churches where they are engage:l. The reach ing at the school is at the same time renewed with increased Vigour, and this'. purification will in the end be a great benefit. On the old popilt that remain, the Directors Can rely, and on Toes... day evening as many new pupils applied for ad. Mission as will replace the numberS expelled. While thus speaking of the Institution, it nv:y not, by the bye, be improper for np, as t herr is some public curiosity on the subject of another Festival this year.' to mention, t-hat, at a late meeting. of the Directors, a question on this sub ject was put by the Lord Proyost, to whom the matter had previously beets suggested, and the Meeting gaye an unanimous opinion, that it ought not to be attempted, us the general election (which 'will probably he held in autumn) would entirely destroy the Festival, should they both by any chance happen about the same time. This probably will be regarded as decisive by the public, who are aware that the Institution comprises so large a proportion of the musical talent, a n d: o f the Other relative influence,' in Edinburgh.-4 (Edinburgh Courant, March 12.) CORN MARK UT. CORN-EXCHANGE, MARCH- . 16.—Our Market was tolerably well supplied with all kinds of Grain this morning, and Fine Wheat and Oats went off on full as good terms as thk day week, but or d i- nary was chill ; Fine Ma prices.—lnTease and B Foreign Wheat • .50s. 545. Fine ditto -955, 10:s. English Wheat 50s. 54s'. Fine (into - - -88 s. 925. Old ditto • - - 925. 102 s. Rye Fine ditto - - -48 s. —s. Barley - - - - 325.3G5. Fine ditto - - - 445. —s. New ditto - - - 555. —s. Malt Fine ditto - - -80 s. 82s. WhitePease (linilers) 50s. 58s. Fine ditto •- - -60 s. —s. t and Batley support their aril there is. 00 alteration. (ire' Pease. 325. 40s. Fine Grey Pease 445. 48s. Tick Beans - 425. 455. Old ditto • - - 545. Small Tick Beans 445. 525. Old ditto - - -48 s. 58s. Feed Oats - - - .19‘ , - 225. Fineditto - - .265. 31s„ Poland ditto - -21 s. 255. Fine ditto - - -30 s. ssi. Potatoe ditto 345. 4 I s. Rape Seed 451. 541. per last. Fine Flour - - 759. 30s, Seconds - - - '7os. 755. At the departure of the Weymouth , Stare-ship, lately arrived at Portsmouth from Malta, the Wasp and Ganymede (Sir C. PENaosc), with the Glas gow, were left at that Island, on the 19th January; the latter had arrived out the day prior to that on Which the Weymouth sailed. The TagUS, Captain DEANS DUNDAS, had gone to Tangiers, - . 'with two Morocco Princes, who had arrived at Malta, on their return home from a pilgrimage to Mecca. The Barbary States were all very peaceahly,dis posed ; they had shewn particular civilities to English vessels.—The Albion was on her rett,yli front Gibraltar lo Malta. The Myrmidon only was at Gibraltar when the IVeyrnouth which was on the 24th tilt. The Weyni6l,l l sailed on Saturday morning for DtTtford, tosland some eases for the PRINCE REGENT, containing remains (pillars, cornices, &c.) of the ancient City or Carthage, a present from ►he Dey of Ti - PoLl. SHOCKING DEATH BY litritxiNG.—.Saturilay night, as Catherine Evans, a fine girl, I I years of age, who lived with her parents in King's -court, Minories, was•-sitting near the fire in an apart ment- by herself, a spark flew, unoberved, her pinafore, which in a short lime began to blaze ; having no person near to assist her; she ra❑ into the street, enveloped in flames, and screaming violently, a man who Tab to- her assistance polled off his coat and wrappirg it round her ex'lngOished them. Site was burned in a most dreadful manner fron► bead to foot.-- She was conveyed to the London Hospital, but previous to her arrival she expired in the most excruciating prin. toe aVg the r it ~✓ ` tint ket nil/ in; .la• it, Of Llt o f of .4 - i s ~ v